Curriculum

 

 

Curriculum Handbooks are available detailing courses offered in the Junior (Years 9 and 10) and Senior (Years 11, 12 and 13) school. The Junior and Senior Curriculum Handbooks are available as PDF documents by clicking on the links below:

 

 

Junior Curriculum Handbook 2011, (.pdf Format; 376Kb)

Senior Curriculum Handbook 2011, (.pdf Format; 736Kb)

 

Rangiora High School has designed a curriculum for the junior school (Years 9 and 10) which meets the requirements of the New Zealand Curriculum and allows all students to receive an education in the faculty areas of English, Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences, Physical Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Technology, Visual and Performing Arts, Land-based Studies, and Business and Enterprise. Our curriculum is structured to provide students with experience in a broad range of subjects.

 

As students progress into the senior school at Year 11 the range of subjects that students are required to take reduces. The school provides a broad range of subjects to choose from. At Year 11 students are expected to take English, Maths anid Science as well as three other courses. At this level they study for Level 1 of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA).

 

At Year 12 all students are required to take English and five other subjects, mainly for Level 2 NCEA but also for other certificates on the National Qualifications Framework.

 

At Year 13, students will study for Level 3 NCEA, which will provide entry to University.

 

Rangiora High School aims to give every student the broadest possible range of opportunities to study the subjects they wish to take. The school will make every effort to accommodate student choice but reserves the right to direct students into particular course selections where it deems that to be in the student’s interest. This will be done only after full consultation with the student and parents.